Health & Safety

ThePropertyLandlord|Health & Safety|Learn your legal responsibilities for maintaining safe, habitable rental properties. These articles explain safety standards, regulations, and essential maintenance you must provide.

Furniture and Fire Regulations in Your Let Properties

It’s not only gas and electrical appliances that must be maintained and kept safe for your tenants; there are also regulations that govern the types of fur...

Gas and Electricity Checks in Your Let Properties

The safety of your tenants is something that the law takes very seriously, and that you should take seriously too. It can be considered a criminal offence if...

Keeping Your Properties in Good Repair

As a landlord, you are legally responsible for maintaining any property that you let in a good order. This applies to any assured shorthold tenancy, and also...

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 governs many of the areas of letting out a property that you will need to be aware of if you intend to become a landlord. Th...

Your Legal Responsibilities as a Landlord

There are a number of things that you, as a landlord, are legally responsible for, and it pays to make yourself aware of these before you embark on becoming...